jordan
jor·dan/ˈd͡ʒɔɹdən/obsolete
jordan is spelled J-O-R-D-A-N: 6 letters and 2 syllables (jor·dan). It appears 32 times per million words in written English, the 2,941st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, jordan means “A vessel resembling a retort bulb or Florence flask with a truncated neck and flared mouth, used by medieval doctors and alchemists” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of jordan is jordans.
How many letters and syllables are in jordan?
| Letters | 6: J-O-R-D-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: jor·dan |
| In writing | 32 times per million words; the 2,941st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is jordan?
Jordan appears 32 times per million words in written English, the 2,941st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce jordan?
- US /ˈd͡ʒɔɹdən/
- UK /ˈd͡ʒɔːdən/
Jordan has 2 syllables, split jor·dan in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-Jordan.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with jordan?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as jordan from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹdən/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of jordan
- iurdan
- iurdane
- iurdone
- yordan
- iourden
- iorden
- jurdon
- jordon
- jourdon
- jordain
- jurden
- jourdan
- jorden
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does jordan mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoleteA vessel resembling a retort bulb or Florence flask with a truncated neck and flared mouth, used by medieval doctors and alchemists.
Make a good lute... and þerwiþ daub þi Iordan al aboute... and putte al þi mater in þe Iordan and hange it ouer þe fier by þe necke þᵗ þe glas be almoost an hond brede fro þe coolis.
- 2
obsoleteA chamber pot.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does jordan come from?
From Middle English jordan, from Latin jurdanus, unattested outside of England and of uncertain etymology. Usually derived from a clipped form of Jordan bottle, supposedly a bottle of curative water brought back from the River Jordan by Crusaders and pilgrims to the Holy Land, but this seems unsupported in its actual attestations. Its use for chamber pots may derive from the alchemical device having been used to hold urine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).